Chapter 645: Seppuku

Matsumoto's death assault did attract the attention of the Manchurian army, but they only attracted people, and the military dogs, who were loyal to their sense of smell, still walked towards Goto's brigade. The action of the military dog was very abnormal, which naturally attracted the attention of the soldiers, so the Shenlong Brigade led by Goto himself still failed to escape, and the Manchurian army surrounded by him made dumplings.

Goto, who was blocked, led his troops to resist desperately, but the gap in troops, equipment, training and other aspects doomed them to tragedy. Even guerrilla raids could not take advantage of them, and the frontal battle in the mountains was naturally a complete defeat. Most of the soldiers were killed in the battle, and Goto, like Matsumoto, was stunned by a cannonball and captured alive.

After meeting in the prisoner of war camp, Goto and Matsumoto did not say a word, and the two just smiled at each other. All the samurai sat on their knees in a regular manner, and the formation was as neat as a military formation. They already knew their fate, they were ready to face death, and all their thoughts on accomplishing their deeds were gone, but they still remembered to maintain their dignity as samurai, and they wanted to fight for the last honor.

"It's pretty regular! Will you shoot them in a moment? Zhang Fengmei, the local assistant commander who had been promoted to the commander of the Seventh Division, looked at the prisoners he had just captured with a smile.

"If you don't kill it, there is a shortage of manpower at the port, and the physical strength of these Japanese dwarfs who don't eat meat is too poor, and ordinary people can't do much work at all. These bastards caught this time are all people who have practiced martial arts since childhood, and although they are just as short, their strength is good. Killing them is also a waste of bullets, otherwise they will be taken to the port to do hard labor, and then killed when the war is over! Duo San also looked at the prisoners of war with the same smile, the recent progress in exterminating the guerrillas was very good, and his mood was much better, but he was ready to let the prisoners live for a while longer.

The Shikoku Island attacked by their 7th Division was not the focus, and the logistics supplies were sufficient, but the manpower deployed was pitiful. Several capable independent baggage troops were all transferred to Honshu and Kyushu Island, and they could only rely on their own baggage regiments, and the manpower was naturally insufficient, so they had to recruit a large number of Japanese people as coolies. At this time, Emperor Meiji had just begun to take the lead in eating red meat, and most people in Japan had never eaten red meat, and because of their short stature, they could not do many heavy jobs. Although the samurai did not eat red meat, they ate much more fish and other food than the common people, and they practiced martial arts all year round, and their physical strength was far better than that of ordinary people.

"Master's Throne! But these guys are very cunning, and they need to send some people to watch them. Zhang Fengmei is not a person who loves to kill, and he can use waste, he naturally agrees, but he is not worried about the Japanese.

"Don't worry! There is a regiment on the port side of the garrison, not to mention these prisoners of war, even those ordinary Japanese people can see it firmly and can't go wrong. "Duo San has already taken all aspects into account, and he is not worried about what tricks these prisoners of war will come up with.

Duo San had a brief chat with a few senior officers around him, decided on the fate of the prisoners of war, and then began to assign work, and only when the plan of the Manchurian Army had been decided, did he send a traitor to preach to the prisoners of war. There has never been a shortage of traitors in all countries in the world, there have been many traitors in China, and there is no shortage of rapists in Japan. This great god named Oishi Shunai, who was originally a middle-level feudal priest of the Tosa Domain, also participated in the battle of Kochi Castle, although he was lucky not to die on the battlefield, but he was also escorted, waiting for the mercenary division to arrive at Shikoku, and solve it together when the city was slaughtered.

Oishi, who was unwilling to die, actually stood out from the captives through his ingenuity. first became a small leader in the prisoner of war camp, and later mixed a Manchurian military hat and became a person close to Duosan. The reason why Oishi was able to escape the slaughter with his family was because knowledge changed his fate. The Japanese government was very envious of North Manchuria, and they tried their best to learn from North Manchuria, and although they touched the ashes of their noses, a wave of learning Chinese was still set off in the territory of the powerful clans in the southwest. Dashi is an avid Chinese lover, he not only has good writing skills, but also very good spoken English, although it is inevitable that there are some accents, but the dialogue translation is very fluent. After the full occupation of Shikoku Island, in addition to clearing out the guerrillas, Duo San also had more civil affairs work, just needed a translator, and the big stone who knelt on the ground and licked the chrysanthemum, because of his loyalty and reliability, and outstanding business, he came to Duo San's side. Confidential documents are out of reach of Oishi, but Duosan still likes to let this clever guy do some chores like advocacy to the Japanese.

"This is the benevolence of the Manchurian generals, giving you a chance to reform yourself, you must cherish it well, work hard and forgive your sins!" Dashi, who got the assignment, completed his work very dedicatedly, of course, his attitude was inevitably a little arrogant. This is true for most of the national traitors, who consider themselves to be people who conform to the times, and those who resist are naturally despicable people who do not know the times.

Looking at Oishi's face, the captives sitting upright scolded one after another, and some high-ranking samurai who were unwilling to speak ill of themselves also glared at Oishi. Dashi didn't care at all, in his eyes, these people were just a group of ants who were struggling to survive, but he was a high-ranking hero of the new dynasty, how could he care about these ants.

"Please go to the kings of Manchukuo, although we are defeated, we are unswerving, and we will definitely not be inferior to pigs and dogs who serve the enemy country. For this time there is nothing else to ask for, but to die for all loyalty, if you can allow us to wait for seppuku, I will feel gracious! Goto, as the only living captain of several teams, replied on behalf of all the samurai.

"Good! I'm going to tell you! Goto's words can scold Oishi very much, and Oishi naturally hates itchy, but he is still ready to tell Goto's words, because he really wants Goto and others to cut their stomachs.

After Oishi returned to Tasan and relayed Goto's words, Tasan was silent for a long time, he admired the loyalty of these samurai, but he didn't want to fulfill these samurai, the port was really too short of people. But these samurai are bent on death, and they want to escort them to work, but they are afraid that they will not be able to do it, and it will be difficult to make a decision for more than three times.

"Your Excellency, Otherwise, let them be allowed to seppuku!" Dashi's days with Duosan are not short, and he also dares to put forward some suggestions.

"I'm in a hurry to hire people, they all committed suicide, where can I find someone!" Duosan shook his head, his admiration was very limited.

"Your Excellency, don't worry, these bastards are just bluffing, or they can't be held up in the name of loyalty, they really let them cut their stomachs, I don't know how many people really dare!" Oishi had already thought of a way to take revenge on Goto.

"If you die too much, it's just as troublesome!" Duo San didn't believe that he had captured more than a thousand captives and returned, and all of them dared to commit suicide, but the more people died, the fewer people who worked.

"The master can agree to them seppuku, but don't let them do it together, let them seppuku one by one, and the people behind will be scared when they see the tragic death of their predecessors! And we agreed to them seppuku, but we didn't arrange for anyone to make mistakes for them, but in the case of seppuku, it would take an hour or two for the blood to run out before they would die of pain. This will be ten times more miserable, and the people behind will naturally be even more daring! If no one makes the mistake of cutting off the head of the seppuku, it will be like a waist cut, and it will indeed take a long time to die of pain.

Oishi's way of revenge on Goto was to let Goto die of pain.

"Hmmm! It works! Duo San nodded repeatedly.

"You can do the ritual according to your rules and everything! I've heard of Japanese samurai seppuku for a long time, but I've never seen it, but this time I just happened to see it! Oishi was just about to retreat and arrange to send Goto on the road, but Tasan added another sentence, he wanted to watch an exotic show.

Duosan wanted to watch the play, Dashi naturally arranged it carefully, and the location of the seppuku was arranged in the square of the Dazun Temple, and the facilities were very well prepared, even the band that played music was prepared, and the Manchurian officers were set up to watch in front of the main hall. In the early morning of the second day, Duosan came to see the freshness early with a large number of henchmen, and after the Manchurian officers took their seats, with Dashi's order, the seppuku ceremony officially began.

In the melodious music, Goto and the others walked in wearing white linen kimonos and smiling faces, with a serene expression and a generous demeanor, without the slightest sadness of dying. After kneeling on the cushion, a monk from the temple brought a wooden tray to Goto, who was the first person to seppuku today. The tray contained a ribbed blade with a handle removed, wrapped in white paper, pen and ink, and a piece of paper. Goto sang and wrote down his own song.

"This thing sings again, what is it written for? How to draw symbols? The Manchurian officers could not understand the Japanese language, nor could they understand the Japanese language, which was based on cursive script and mixed with a large number of kana, and they all talked about it, and they did not know what Goto was smoking.

"Your Excellency's army is powerful, and you are not unwilling to lose in the next battle, and you can die today as expected, thank you, Your Excellency!" After Goto wrote his farewell song, he did not forget to bow to Tazo and thank him.

Goto solemnly picked up the blade, and then calmly stabbed into his abdomen, forcefully cut the abdomen from left to right, and then pulled out the blade and cut straight from the bottom to the top to form a cross, which is the cross cut respected by the Japanese samurai. Goto's physical pain was very painful, and he had to wait for his blood to drain in this great pain. Goto held back his pain and remained silent, and when he was dying, he had to maintain a clear and clear will and follow the rituals one by one. First, keep the body from leaning, but prostrate itself forward. If you are facing the sky on your back, you are considered to have lost your manners. Second, the knife marks on the abdomen are not allowed to be broken. Third, the knees must be closed, if they are released, it also means that the cultivation is not enough. Finally, suicide weapons must be properly placed and not left to be scattered. This is the last act of his life, and he must complete the perfect curtain call.

The great pain made Goto's body convulse incessantly, and even if Goto was resolute, he could not control the body mentally. It took two hours for Goto to finally die, his body convulsing all the time, but in the end he made a perfect curtain call. Then one samurai after another wrote the farewell song, still smiling, not as intimidated as Oishi had said.

"Speed up the progress and let them all kill themselves, and if there are cowards, shoot them on the spot! They're not human, and these guys can't stay! "Tazo's face is very unsightly, he has been in battle for a long time and he is not frightened, but he will never leave a hostile samurai behind.